Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

PowerHealth nets Whittington install

Healthcare information systems application developer PowerHealthSolutions said that the Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust in London has purchased its patient level costing andservice-line reporting system, PowerPerformance Management, as well asthe Adelaide, Australia-based firm’s PowerBusiness Reporting suite ofmanagement reporting tools.

Fletcher-Floras LIS eSuite licensed to HealthTexas

HealthTexas Medical Group of San Antonio, Texas has signed a licenseagreement to implement Fletcher-Flora Healthcare Systems’ FFlex eSuitelaboratory information system (LIS) services.

Elekta signs Sisters of Mercy

Radiation therapy device and information system developer Elekta saidit has signed a contract with group purchasing organization (GPO)Resource Optimization & Innovation. The GPO serves the St.Louis-based Sisters of Mercy Health System.

Cerner places Millennium at Jackson Memorial

Healthcare information system developer Cerner said that JacksonMemorial Hospital in Miami has implemented 11 of the Kansas City,Mo.-based firm’s Cerner Millennium products.

Pro soccer team to use Zonares ultrasound for injury diagnosis

FC Dallas, a charter member club of Major League Soccer, has begun toemploy Zonare Medical Systems’ z.one ultrasound system, which includesa Convertible Ultrasound platform, to help diagnose injuries frommuscle strains in lower extremities to tears in hamstrings.

Agfa completes U.K. PACS installation

Agfa HealthCare has completed a full PACS installation forimaging-based planning, interpretation and results distribution atUnited Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which began in 2006 as part ofthe National Programme for IT (NPfIT).

Allscripts inks Columbia University Medical Center deal

Allscripts, a Chicago-based developer of healthcare IT, said thatColumbia University Medical Center in New York City has selected thefirm as its EHR provider for Columbia's outpatient physician group andplanned community-based independent practice association.

EBM ready for PACS data center in China

Provider of medical imaging and healthcare IT services EBM Technologieshas completed the software design of its EBM PACS Data Center inShanghai, China, which will connect 23 hospitals.

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CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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